grandpaul
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we had a cat once.This is a photo of my short stroke 500cc Triton after I stuffed it by fitting 18inch wheels to get better rubber. It was no faster in corners but very tiring to ride. I sold it back to my mate who had built it in about 1957 - for about $5000 - each wheel was worth that. I was extremely disappointed with what 18 inch wheels did to it.
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I don't like cats.
I remember the first time I used a lawnmower, I was only 6. Boy howdy, did I ever cut that grass! I think it had a Tecumseh engine; Briggs & Stratton are so much better, the flywheel triggered magneto is far more reliable in those really tall weeds. I'm pretty sure it was a Western Auto, they used the steel wheels with solid rubber tires, much better than the Snapper that had plastic wheels with a thin rubber strip.
I challenge anyone with a Snapper to cut my yard better than my Western Auto. Nobody cut more yards than me that summer, the neighbors still talk about it.